Experiencing HDTV

One cannot understand the sensation of sweetness unless one has tasted it. Even if you have, it's hard to explain how much sweeter, say Greek cakes are compared to normal cakes, unless you have tasted both before.

So it's the same with HDTV. Everyone says its better picture quality. Some say 4x as good. But how can you understand it if you haven't seen HDTV? It's a bit like VHS and DVD. When we first saw DVD quality movies, did our jaws drop?

HDTV is like that too. Your jaws will drop when you see the difference in quality. One way of explaining it is to use the PC analogy. Today, our normal TV is like 640 x 480 resolution (actually it is worse but you can't find anything less than 640 x 480). HDTV is like 1024 x 768 for the lower 720p quality and like 1920 x 1080 for the 1080i quality. If you've played games running on 640 x 480 and 1024 x 768, u know what I mean.

Another way to experience HDTV is to go down to Best Denki or Harvey Norman - look for the LCD TV whose image is simply crystal clear and is definitely a cut above the rest. It's not that this TV resolution is better, it's probably because this TV is running HD content while the others are handling DVD quality.

Ask the salesman, usually they won't lie to you when you can tell the difference